May 7, 1925
The high school’s production of "The Charm School" proved a great success from both a dramatical and financial point of view. Since the play depended upon the character delineation rather than the plot for its humor, the cast may feel that they were successful in keeping their audience entertained.
Late Advocate editor and publisher John Tygeson, who died at age 50 after falling ill with erysipelas, is remembered. He worked as a farm laborer, then a teacher, was a mail carrier for nine years in Raymond, and served as a justice of the peace. After learning what he could of the printing trade in his spare time, he bought a paper in Wisconsin, then leased the South Haven Leader for one year before taking over the Advocate in 1915.
"It was his highest ambition to so live that the world would be better for his having lived in it," the Advocate said. "He was a good man, a loving husband and tender father, a good neighbor, a friend to all in need."
Several cases of whooping cough and scarlet fever have developed during the past few days. It seems the fever is very persistent in not giving up its hold in this locality.
May 3, 1945
Robert David, valedictorian of the graduating class at Annandale High School, has been given the sixth annual award of The Reader’s Digest Association for students who by their successful school work give promise of attaining leadership in the community. He will receive an honorary subscription to The Reader’s Digest for one year and an engraved certificate from the editors "in recognition of past accomplishment and in anticipation of unusual achievement to come."
The Annandale Conservation Club met Thursday evening. The carp menace to the fine fishing lakes in this vicinity was discussed and a committee appointed to give the problem further consideration.
The Nicka-Warner Post No. 3994 VFW recently installed Commander Fred Runquist, Sr. Vice Commander Ervin Heaton, Jr. Vice Commander John Logeais and Quartermaster George Ridgeley.
Pfc. Nola Hill Copner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Hill of Annandale, is in the Medical Corps. She is working at a hospital in Virginia helping many wounded soldiers. She says she is happy in the work and feels that what she is doing is very worthwhile.
May 3, 1962
Fire was discovered in the Annandale school house by a passing motorist about 5 a.m. last Thursday. Smoke was seen coming from the southwest corner of the new building. This is the paint and finishing room adjoining the industrial arts department. The fire was mostly confined to that area, although damage was incurred throughout the south side of the building and a smoky-oily film coated all surfaces in the building.
Damage caused by the fire was estimated by one party at $25,000, and damage by smoke and water at $1,000. Classes were held as usual that day.
Sandra Johnson is the valedictorian of the graduating class of 1962 at Annandale High School. The salutatorian of this year’s class is Darlene Hillman. Johnson was in GAA, the class play and was named Homemaker of Tomorrow. Hillman is active in band, plays, yearbook and the pep club. Johnson plans to attend Augsburg college. Hillman will major in elementary education at St. Cloud.
With the change of weather and warmish days, field work is underway. Seeding is late this season, as well as pastures. That means livestock will have to be on winter feed, and lucky is the farmer who has plenty of hay, which is not true in all localities.
May 8, 1991
The Minnesota Department of Transportation supervised 10 volunteers from the Greater Lake Sylvia Association in the planting of 400 tree seedlings Saturday along a south shoulder of Highway 55 west of Lake John Road. "I think we accomplished a miracle," GLSA member Marge Soeffker said. The beautification project began last summer, shortly after the GLSA adopted the three-mile stretch from the city limits west to County Road 3.
Telephone price wars may be making their way from your television set to your mailbox as plans progress for equal access long distance in the Annandale area. A balloting process in the Lakedale area will offer residents an opportunity to select a career for all long distance calls, including calls within the 612 area code to areas such as the Twin Cities.
Ron Gay of Annandale placed eighth out of nearly 100 who competed in the National Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) Conference April 20-24 in Denver. Gay and a partner from Becker took second in state competition with their public relations project called "Hunger. Don’t Just Say It … Solve It!"
May 3, 2006
The Annandale School District’s school resource officer will stay another year thanks to school board action to provide its share of funding. For the past 3.5 years, the SRO’s salary was paid with money from a Federal Community Oriented Policing Services grant, but that is scheduled to end this fall. Now the school district and city will each pay $20,000 for the position, currently held by Nancy Engfer. School board members, in explaining their funding choice, said losing the SRO would be a step backward.
Andrea Neumann, newly crowned Wright County dairy princess, is a senior at Annandale High School.
She was born and raised on a dairy farm a few miles southeast of Annandale. She is the first dairy princess to come out of Annandale since 1987 when Julianne (Triplett) Decker was crowned. There have been only eight princesses total from Annandale since the program began 51 years ago.
About 150 third-graders have participated in painting a mural on the Bendix Elementary wall leading to the gymnasium and near the cafeteria. The project was organized by art teacher Charlene Schaefer.